Magistrates
and Freeholders Court, heard criminal cases involving slaves
and free people of color. These records contain court
testimony, proceedings, and sentences. The court tried a
variety of cases, ranging from vagrancy, petty larceny, and
disorderly conduct to more serious crimes, which could incur
the death penalty. The records below list: case #, name of
Slave or fpoc, Trial Date, Offense, Verdict, Sentence, Slave
Owner's name. There were a total of 429 cases heard from 1819
to 1865; with 836 individuals involved.